Brothers 4 Life associate Mohammed Eimal Zarshoy charged over jail attack
A jailed Brothers 4 Life associate, already on a murder charge, has also been charged with an attack in jail.
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An associate of the notorious Brothers 4 Life gang, in jail while awaiting trial for murder, has been charged with allegedly attacking another inmate.
Mohammed Eimal Zarshoy is alleged to have been in possession of a makeshift shiv when he threatened another prisoner who was on the phone at Lithgow jail on October 10.
On Wednesday morning NSW Police charged Zarshoy with affray and intent to inflict bodily harm.
He was refused bail to appear in Parramatta court on Thursday.
Zarshoy, 29, spent a week on the run before he handed himself in to police and was charged with the murder of 44-year-old Robert Atkinson at Wentworthville on June 29.
Mr Atkinson was allegedly shot in the leg at his Jones St home about 7pm.
He died at the scene.
Since the alleged jail attack, Zarshoy has been transferred to Parklea prison.
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